Laurence J. Peter quotes

Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent. (Laurence J. Peter)
A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it.
Laurence J. Peter
Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.
Laurence J. Peter
Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.
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If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?
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Every girl should use what Mother Nature gave her before Father Time takes it away.
Laurence J. Peter
In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.
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Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them.
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An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it.
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Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object.
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The habitually punctual make all their mistakes right on time. (Laurence J. Peter)
If you don't know where you're going, you will probably end up somewhere else.
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Would the boy you were be proud of the man you are?
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Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.
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The devil could change. He was once an angel and may be evolving still.
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You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.
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A pessimist is a man who looks both ways when he crosses the street.
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A censor is an expert in cutting remarks. A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.
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When you see yourself quoted in print and you're sorry you said it, it suddenly becomes a misquotation.
Laurence J. Peter
Don't believe in miracles - depend on them.
Laurence J. Peter
An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today. (Laurence J. Peter)
Noblest of all dogs is the hot-dog; it feeds the hand that bites it.
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The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance.
Laurence J. Peter
If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.
Laurence J. Peter
The best intelligence test is what we do with our leisure.
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